The work is based on recordings of the local Suldal dialect and functions as a sonic post card. The semantic meaning becomes subordinate to the sounding qualities of the words and dialect.
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The paper A stratified approach for sound spatialization by Peters et al. will be presented as a poster at The 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference in Porto, July 2009.
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The Folkophone – The first song: The organic organ is the OiOi festival instrument. Not everyone can play the Folkophone, but the Folkophone can play on anyone. This year’s theme is the very first sounds we make in life.
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Several works by Knut Wiggen will be performed at the Bergen International Festival 2009. Knut Wiggen, a pioneer of electronic music, will be presented through a conversation with Tilman Hartenstein, expert on sound art, and Zaid Holmin, programmer at EMS.
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BEK assists the composer Knut Vaage in the development of the opera “Khairos”. The opera is comissioned by The Norwegian National Opera & Ballet and is planned to be premiered in 2012. Vaage’s previous opera “Veslefrikk”, where BEK also contributed, won the ARTE audience award for best production at Armel Opera Competition and Festival in Hungary.
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BEK assists the composer Knut Vaage in the development of the opera “Veslefrikk”, commissioned by Den Nye Opera. Veslefrikk will be premiered Friday 29. October at Den Nationale Scene, Småscenen. Thorolf Thuestad from BEK collaborates with the composer on programming and sound design for the opera project.
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Trond Lossius participates at a meeting of Workgroup 3 of the European research project Sonic Interaction Design. The meeting takes place at Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik in Graz.
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Über Tiere – Text: Elfride Jelinek Passacaglia – Text: Tore Vagn Lid BEK supports the development of the latest production by Transitteatret Bergen. The play premiered as part of Bergen International Festival 2009.
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Trond Lossius will be giving a presentation of Jamoma as IRCAM. The presentation is part of a short-term scientific mission to Ircam within The C0ST IC0601 Action on Sonic Interaction Design.
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audiovisual performance by Sara Kolster & Derek Holzer
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